knife (weapons: edged); knife sheath (sheath (weapons: accessories))

Knife with a steel blade and a wooden handle, in a wooden sheath. The handle of the knife is entirely bound in plaited metal wire, some of which is breaking apart. The sheath is carved with geometric line and cross designs on one side. The sheath is made in two halves, bound together by plaited metal wire at the top, middle and on a larger section at the bottom which is breaking apart down one side. At the top of the sheath, just below the wire binding, is a raised bridge of wood with a hole through it.

The object has a rectangular label attached to it.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1976.100
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall (knife in sheath): 412 mm x 46 mm x 41 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; steel; copper alloy
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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